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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...bloomed across the sandy distances of west Texas; forsythia blossomed under budding trees from New England to the Northwest, and golden California poppies dotted the fields near Los Angeles. Highways everywhere echoed to the wham-wham-wham of people tearing along at a cunning five miles above the speed limit to stare at flowers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE NATION: The Urge | 5/2/1949 | See Source »

...stay abreast of the times,, the Colorado state legislature defined grand larceny as the theft of anything worth $50 or more. The old limit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MANNERS .& MORALS: Americana, May 2, 1949 | 5/2/1949 | See Source »

Reform Ticket. In Williba, Ky., Democratic Candidate Clennie Hollon, campaigning for State Representative, promised voters he would 1) make it illegal for a cattle dealer to misrepresent the age of a cow by more than three years; 2) put a dollar limit on all poker bets; 3) give children the authority to send their parents to school...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, May 2, 1949 | 5/2/1949 | See Source »

...code could not violate the Constitution, wrote Mayer, because it does not compel any signatory nation to limit freedom of expression in any way whatever...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harper's Refutes Chicago Tribune | 4/28/1949 | See Source »

McCabe believes that eye irritation is a direct result of smog, and that when he solves the smog problem, Angelenos will be able to stop dabbing their eyes. He has asked the county government to let him set an absolute limit on the total weight of waste products which factories can throw into Los Angeles' air each...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Airborne Dump | 4/25/1949 | See Source »

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